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Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

1:33 PM, Wednesday January 22nd 2025

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Had to recreate the first three pages later due the original ones getting lost, hope this doesn't affect things too much.

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2:51 AM, Thursday January 23rd 2025

First Ghosted Planes - Lines are wobbly I appreciate you noticed this and dramatically improved on the second one.

Ellipses - Draw each ellipse through 2 or 3 times https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/tablesofellipses/drawingthrough

Organic Perspective - Try to change the sizes of the boxes to make them appear closer or farther away and utilize more of the frame. https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/roughperspective/guessing

Next Steps:

I would recommend attempted to do the ellipse table one more time ensure you go around the ellipse twice. https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/tablesofellipses

I would recommend re-attempting the organic perspective exercise with a dramatic change in box size from one side to the other. https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/organicperspective

When finished, reply to this critique with your revisions.
1:13 PM, Friday January 24th 2025

Thanks for the advice! I fulfilled your recommendations: https://imgur.com/a/TiBrPUJ

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4:54 PM, Friday January 24th 2025

The lines are good, didn't fray on both sides, and were confident.

Ellipses Section:

(Fixed with the additional Table see reply) 1. Ellipses must be drawn through ellipses 2 to 3 times (2 times preferably)

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Box Section:

Fixed with additional Organic Perspective) 1. Organic Perspective: all boxes are the same size.

Overall, great job. The only mistakes on the checklist have been corrected. I would recommend this student continue to the 250-box challenge.

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Start The 250 Box Challenge

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